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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Garhwali Folk Literature: 3

Collection of Garhwali Folk Stories Bhishma Kukreti

The credit goes to European learned persons for initiating the collection and protection of folk literature. Later on, the learned persons of each area started to collect, edit and publish the folk literature of their own areas. The following is brief of collection, writing commentary on Garhwali Folk Stories:Himalayan Folk Lore: Okely and Tara Dutt started for publishing the Garhwali Folk Stories. Around 1930, they published a book, “ Himalayan Folk Lore” Dr Shiv Prasad Dabral in Uttarakhand ka Itihas and Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna in Langadi Bakari provided the reference of this starting initiation for collecting and publishing Garhwali folk literature.Pundit Hari Ram Dhashmana and Pt. Keshava nand Naithani: Though Dhashmana and Naithani did not publish any collection of Garhwali folk stories but they were first to write history of Garhwal based on folk stories of Garhwal. On the basis of Garhwali folk stories, they tried to prove that Garhwal is the area where Vedas were created and Vedic culture was started from Garhwal region. Dhashmana and Naithani provided the examples of following folk stories:1-Indra Dhanus2- Sat Mataun kaa ek Putra3-FyunliFolk Stories in Historical Books: Pundit Harikrishna Raturi in book ‘Garhwal ka itihas’, Bhakta darshan in ‘Garhwal ki Divangat Bibhutiyan’ and Dr Shiv Prasad Dabral in all eight volumes of Uttarakhand ka Itihas presented the examples of many folk stories.Dr Govind Chatak: Govind Chatak published a book ‘Garhwal ki lok Kathayen’ in 1970 . now, Garhwal Jagar Dehradun has been republishing those stories.Hari Dub by Dr Hari Dutt Bhatt ‘Shailesh’ : Hari Dutt Bhatt collected and published more than ten stories related to Garhwali lore in Hari Dub.Shri Dant Nipodu: Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna writes in Gad myateki Ganga and Langadi Bakri that Dant Nipodu published a few humorous Garhwali folk stories in ‘Raibar’ (edited by Shakunt Joshi) before 1960.Langadi Bakari by Abodh bandhu Bahuguna: Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna collected and published 19 folk stories in Langadi Bakari . Thee book was published by premium Publishing House Varansi in 1961:1-Langadi Bakri 2-Sunna Didi3-Lindarya Chhora4-Sweeli Gham5-Ladki Paksi ban gayee6-Apni Man7-Patal8-Him Kahan se Aya9-Sarp Dev Raja10-Jhutha Sach11-Uski Khoj12-Dhafdi13-Hari Hindwan14-Dur ka Deepak15-Ghugtee Basauti16-Panchayat Nama17-Patta aur dhela18-Jagar19-Kaful PakoBahuguna also provided in details the classification of Garhwali folk stories.Gad Matyeki Ganga: Abodh Bandhu Bahuguna published six stories in Gad Matyeki Ganga (1975) and all were already published in Langadi BakariDant Kathayen by Chakradhar Bahuguna and Veena Pani Joshi: Modrn Prakashan Dehradun published eight stories of Chakradhar Bahuguna and Veena pani Joshi in 1981. Later on Garhwali Jagar Dehradun republished all eight stories.Garhwali Lok Kathayen by Bhishma Kukreti: Aleksandra Prakashan published a book’Garhwali Lok Kathayen by Bhishma Kukreti in 1984. There are twenty four stories in this collection:1-Choli2-pathya Chinkhu3-Anubhav ki Mahatta4-Bhratri Prem5-Ganv ka Sayana6-Chhyuntee7-Gapodiyon ki Gapp8-Barat tinka aur Keeda9-Gay ki Punchh aur Bhut10-Bhim aur Rakhsash11-Kaful Pako12-Ulti Ahilya13-Haldi14-Chhipkali ka Ghar15-Bogus Vidya16-Champa ka ped17-Jaise ko Taisa18-Grahan19-Nath Ban gaye20-Siyar va reechh21-Gyana -Binjara22-Meri Ganga23-Ag aur Bhians palak24-Bhemata aur PedCommunity Stories by Bhishma Kukreti: Bhishma Kukreti published two folk stories of Malla Dhangu or related to Kukreti families in http://younguttaranchal.com/community/index.php?topic=3260.new#new1- Road between Jaspur-Gweel is still troublesome2-Dallya are Kukreti